Yes, it has the full ending (to my knowledge.) The quality drops a bit, but not too much (as it is a kinoscope), so the quality is more or less consistent throughout.
What is the consensus on releasing this via tehparadox and the 'Spleen?
Zing!
Or tribbles. (I guess this is the wrong forum for that, though.)
It's a good thing this threat is backed up - we can check between the old -1 posts and the new -1 posts...
:D
How do you see who won? I thought that was confidential...
Double post.
Ooh, a Mylar print. That would be a great thing to preserve, especially the audio...
Btw, for film noobs, Mylar never gets VS.
If this is the one I'm thinking of, it is a copy of the "Coal Black" disc. IIRC, they are who I bought a copy from approx 1 yr ago, and it was the run-of-the-mill "Coal Black" version. I was not happy, but c'est la vie.
Anyone want to take one for the team and see what it looks like? :)
Unless they got a copy from Disney themselves, this preservation is still absolutely necessary. I'm 99% sure that the DVD that they are selling is from an existing transfer (IE: PAL LD or VHS, or HK or JP LD) and not from a "non-destroyed" source. There are problems with each of the listed sources, mostly with blended fields. That is what this preservation will fix, as it will be frames linked together, similar to how a movie really works, rather than a digital approximation, like what the LD did. Disney has made steps to preserve SOTS, but whether we will ever see a release only time will tell.
Yes, please! I would love do see that 2-disc set.
By the way, an update for the telecine - progress is coming along splendidly; I'm working today with testing the shutter and seeing about slowing down the motor. The LED is on order (still!) and will be installed as soon as it comes in.
Not too late at all. I haven't started modifying any projectors yet, so I'll check out those links and see what ideas I can get from them.
Doctor M said:
Which would be the same as the previous 2-disc version then.
Yay, another redundant confusing release.
Well, the script was actually a bit modified.
Yes, you could say another "reduntant" release, but I was never able to get a copy of the original release, so I had to make my own. The one person who seemed to have it never shipped the disc to me, and stopped responding to email...
@chewtobacca: I believe it is from the same broadcast. The version I used as the "original" came from OldSkoolFan over on MySpleen.
There is a copy up on MySpleen which is PAL->NTSC that I did that got rid of most of the blended fields, but this version should put that one to shame... :)
Midnight_Trooper said:
Why the new timing ?
+1
I thought Graffiti was also Techniscope?
Here's part of an email I sent to Antcufaalb. We're still working out how to get the projectors modified - stay tuned.
"Figured I'd give you a heads-up on what's going on with the projectors. I got the Singer/Graflex last week, and have been mulling over how to convert it to a telecine. It actually is pretty nice, as it has adjustable tension on the gate - stronger for more warped films, less strong for flat films. Also, it is a 3 blade, and one of the blades is marked "Frame Change," and it is the one that covers the frame while it is being changed. I think I could get rid of the other two blades and be good as far as that is concerned, and that third blade (or the axle on which it revolves) would be a good candidate for the sensor unit. Also, the light is pretty easy to get to, so that is good. Now I just have to figure out what mechanics to get rid of in order to make it more streamlined (and easier to work with). I'm going to probably need a smaller motor, and probably DC, as I can't see any reason for a powerful AC motor. I'll widen the gate on all sides and get an LED in there, and should be good that way.
I was using Photoshop with the curves corrector, but plan on using PFClean when I'm doing the actual color processing.
Interesting about the tint/frame size difference...
Not to mention the fact that it probably only has like 2 minutes of the Pastoral - full running time for 400ft of Super 8 is very low...
That's it! Wow, I'm surprised you were able to find it. It's better than nothing, as far as an original release reconstruction would go, but it had already been cut, IIRC, by 1982 (The imagined date of this reconstruction).
Those are really good changes. My color correction is mainly done by eye - I haven't gotten into specifics yet because I have no footage (yet) with which to test it. You've got a PM. :)
I'll check the audio codec later...
The copyright says 2012 Sky Chrome Media Inc. All Rights Reserved, but that means nothing. I could put that on copies of Harmy's DE, but that wouldn't give me copyright. What do you mean when you say it is hazy?
(sorry if that comes off snarky - it wasn't meant to be.)
I didn't check on the soundtrack. How would be a good way of testing that?
I saw the "bug" - could that be removed?
Also, I hadn't thought about the pulses being burned into the kinescope. It looked like projector flicker, but I suppose it could have been kine-flicker. :)
OK, the Bluray arrived in the mail a few days ago (kind of a long time for shipping, but that's beside the point). It came in a decent case, with some screenshots and such on the back cover.
Looking at the disc content itself, it is pretty good. It is a telecine of a print (done the wrong way - you can see the tell-tale pulses in the brighter spots throughout the film) but overall the picture quality is better than the VHS preservation by a mile.
Here are some captures:
Does anybody know what the copyright status of this is? I'd be happy to share it if it is in public domain.
OK, the Bluray arrived in the mail a few days ago (kind of a long time for shipping, but that's beside the point). It came in a decent case, with some screenshots and such on the back cover.
Looking at the disc content itself, it is pretty good. It is a telecine of a print (done the wrong way - you can see the tell-tale pulses in the brighter spots throughout the film) but overall the picture quality is better than the VHS preservation by a mile.
Here are some captures:
Does anybody know what the copyright status of this is? I'd be happy to share it if it is in public domain.
Well, yes and no. Delaying it still means the VS is present, and let me tell you that VS symptoms are not pretty. Film pretty much starts curling immediately, leading to focus problems and more. What's more, is that the VS can transfer from print to print by going through the same film gate, so there's always that danger, too...